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ELKHART -- Officials have charged an Elkhart man with illegally taking a 42-inch muskie from a city park last weekend. According to Indiana conservation officers, the 23-year-old man was charged with one count of taking a game fish by illegal method for taking the fish in High Dive Park on May 4. The charge is a misdemeanor punishable by fines and or jail time. Officials said the fish are highly sought after because of their size, difficulty to catch and aggressive fight when hooked legally.

ELKHART - Elkhart Brass recently received recognition on NBC's series "Chicago Fire. " The Elkhart company makes nozzles, controls, monitors and valves, which can be found in fire departments around the world. The television show featured the company's popular Select-O-Matic Nozzle on episode 21, "Retaliation Hit. " The episode aired at 10 p.m. May 1 and can be viewed on NBC's website until Sept. 15. The TV drama focuses on the lives of the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51. Elkhart Brass will be featured in an upcoming Monday Spotlight.

GOSHEN - Elkhart County residents are eligible for a special deal that will provide a tuition discount of more than 50 percent on Ivy Tech Community College classes this summer. For the summer 2013 semester, eligible Elkhart County students will pay only $50 per credit hour, which is more than a 50 percent discount on the college's regular tuition rate of $111.15 per credit hour, the college announced Thursday. To be eligible, a student must be an Elkhart County resident who is registered as a student at the Ivy Tech's Elkhart County campus.

ELKHART COUNTY--Results of a bridge inspection report show that bridges in Elkhart County are in better shape compared to other counties in the state. There are 170 bridges in Elkhart County and 40 of them need work. More than half of all the bridges are box beam structures that were built in the 60's and 70's. Tom Rushlow, an engineer with Elkhart County Highway, says, "We found that the box beam type structure the beams are hollow in the center and the problem with that is that water is getting into that void space and deteriorating the beams from the inside out. " Bridges that have weight limits indicate that work needs to be done sooner than later. In Elkhart County about 8 percent of the bridges have a weight limit compared to 12 percent statewide. Elkhart County does have a plan to fix 24 bridges in 10 years.

ELKHART -- Police said one person was injured in a shooting incident Tuesday near Sixth Street and Cleveland Avenue, WSBT-TV reported. The incident happened shortly after 4 p.m. The victim was taken to Elkhart General Hospital in unknown condition. There were no arrests yet, police said.

ELKHART -- Competing against some of the largest advertising agencies in the United States, Todd Allen Design of Elkhart won three ADDY Awards in the region that includes Illinois, Michigan and Indiana. The agency received one award for its "A New Day" video for IU Health Goshen Center for Cancer Care and two for its work with Vandoren, the Paris-based global maker of reeds for musical instruments. Executive Creative Director Todd Allen, who founded the firm 28 years ago, says the honors reflect its top markets -- health and music -- as well as the mix of local and distant customers that is becoming more global.

EDWARDSBURG -- Elk-hart Road in Ontwa Township is scheduled to receive a new surface this summer. Cass County Road Commission Chief Engineer Joseph Bellina III announced at a meeting in Ontwa Township that state money is available to redo the surface and that a local match is required. Elkhart Road is a main artery between Edwardsburg and Elkhart. Bellina said the work will be bid out since state funds will be used to resurface it. He noted that $32,000 is needed to match state funds.